Category Archives: Films

New Heart of the Sea trailer

Ron Howard’s delivered an early Christmas present with the release of the new trailer for his sea-faring epic In The Heart of the Sea.

The film stars Chris Hemsworth as the first mate of The Essex, a New England whaling ship that was assaulted by something no-one would believe.

The cast also includes Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson and Ben Whishaw.

It’s released in the UK on March 13.

Here’s the trailer: http://youtu.be/jSGcocTLMlk

Meryl Streep in London

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Meryl Streep is expected on the red carpet at a special screening of her new musical film Into The Woods next month.

The screening takes place at Curzon Mayfair on January 7.

Streep is part of an all-star cast which also includes James Corden, Emily Blunt, Chris Pine, Anna Kendrick and Johnny Depp.

Winslet in talks for Jobs

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Oscar-winning actress Kate Winslet is in talks to play the lead female role in Jobs, the film about Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.

If she takes the role, Winslet will star alongside Michael Fassbender who is expected to star as Jobs. Seth Rogen is due to play Apple co-founder Steve Wozniack.

The film is being directed by Danny Boyle and is written by Aaron Sorkin.

Return to The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

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A brand new poster and trailer for The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel have been released.

You can see the poster above and I’ve also got my hands on the picture below.

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The film stars Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Bill Nighy, Dev Patel, Celia Imrie, Penelope Wilton, Richard Gere and David Strathairn.

It’s released in the UK on February 26.

Here’s the brand new trailer: http://youtu.be/IQiwpTp5mQ4

Shaun the Sheep meets the Sundance Kid

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The new Shaun The Sheep movie has been selected to screen as part of the Children’s Strand at the Sundance Film Festival in January.

The screening will mark the film’s US debut and it’s rare to see a British animation picked for the festival founded by Robert Redford.

I love the idea of such a British film playing in the snowy depths of Utah to bemused Hollywood execs.

Meanwhile a new poster for the film has been released – as you can see above.

The Shaun the Sheep Movie will be in UK cinemas on February 6.

Clooney heads to Hollywood

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George Clooney is working on a new TV series set at a Hollywood film studio during the 1990s.

Apparently it’s a dark comedy looking at the movie business through the eyes of the studio bosses running the studio.

At the moment Clooney is in talks with various TV networks but I would expect them to jump at the chance to work with the Oscar winner.

Clooney will be producing the show but we don’t know at this stage if he’ll appear in the series.

The Force Awakens character names revealed

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Are you one of the 47 million people who have watched the trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens?

Well now some of the names of the characters unveiled in the trailer have been revealed.

First of all the little droid seen rolling through shot is called BB-8.

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The X-Wing pilot played by Oscar Issac is Poe Dameron. John Boeyga is Finn and Daisy Ridley is Rey. Finally the mysterious figure with the light sabre that sent the Internet into meltdown is Kylo Ren – but we still don’t know who’s playing him/her.

I find it intriguing that we’re not being told Finn or Rey’s surnames…